Author
Abū ‘Uthmān Sahl ibn Bishr al-Isrā’īlī
Publication Date
5 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1093 (AH)
Publication Place
Egypt? -
Subject
1
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Physical Dimensions
204 x 142 mm
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Or 12802
Record ID
vdc_100022564524.0x000001
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
5 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1093 (AH)
Notes
A treatise on interrogatory astrology by Abū ‘Uthmān Sahl ibn Bishr al-Isrā’īlī (AD 786-c 845). The copy was produced by an anonymous scribe on the night of 5 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1093 (5 December 1682).
Folio 45r contains an astrological table written by a hand that appears to be later than that of the main scribe.
The text is divided into two chapters, each one subdivided into sections (أبواب). The first chapter gives an introduction to the science of astrology, and the second explains how answers to questions are to be found in the movements of the heavenly bodies. The first chapter of the treatise was translated into Latin as the Liber introductorius ad astrologiam or Introductorius ad scienciam iudiciorum astrorum in interrogationibus; the second chapter was translated as Of interrogationbus.
Contents:
Chapter One (pp. 1v-8v);
Chapter Two (pp. 8v-44v).
Begins (f. 1v, lines 2-4):
Sahl ibn Bashar al-Isra'ili said that the twelve ascensions are mentioned
The women are carrying the tower of menstruation today and the thousand towers of the female lily and which carries the menstruation
الأنثى والأنثى الذكر إلى آخر البروج
Ends (f. 44v, 19-23):
Look at the place of Saud and Nahus in this place of the twenty five towers in Saad
And Sahaba Massoud focused on what is attributed to the essence of that house with joy and goodness and the images of the towers
There is a share in it and the owner of the righteous corrupts everything that belongs to that house
And to Him, the reference and the guide, peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and his family and companions
كثيرًا إلى يوم الدين
Colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(f. 44v, 23-26):
... The message was sent to Sahl bin Bashar al-Israeli
Release on the night of the 5th of Dhul-Hijjah
Sana'a 1093
Erişim Koşulları
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